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An intoxicated driver was charged with reckless endangerment after allegedly ramming a vehicle occupied by a mother and two children three times on Deery Street, East Franklin Street and East Lane Street before she could reach police headquarters shortly after midnight Saturday morning...

A 31-year-old man accused of soliciting teenage girls on Facebook is in custody. Jeron Lewis Parman of Shelbyville was arrested Wednesday afternoon, Detective Sgt. Charles Merlo said. Parman is charged with two counts of solicitation of a minor. He was being held at Bedford County Jail pending $15,000 bond later Wednesday afternoon...

Chloie Leverette and Gage Daniel are shown in age-enhanced photos projecting their appearances today at ages 14 and 12 respectively. They were last seen in 2012 when their grandparents’ home near Unionville burned. A vigil for them and the other Bedford County missing — Antonio Taylor (1999), Bobby Smelcer (2010, partial remains found 2013) and Shelley Mook (2011) will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday on the steps of Bedford County Courthouse. (Submitted photos)

Bedford County Board of Education unanimously approved a request from Deery Eakin Elementary to rename its library the Betty G. Wooten Memorial Library at Tuesday's meeting. "She was instrumental in creating the first library at Eakin. She also worked to develop the book collection, which we're probably still using," Dulcie Davis, Eakin principal, said of Wooten,...

Bell Buckle had a 500 population in the 2010 Census, and the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that its population had risen to 532 by 2017. But on the third weekend in October, the numbers are just a little bit higher. This weekend, tens of thousands of people will converge on the railroad town for its 42nd annual Webb School Art and Craft Festival, one of the region's largest tourist events. ...

A man who allegedly fired shots toward an oncoming vehicle Wednesday was jailed on multiple charges. Steven Jacob Howell, 19, of Franklin is accused of firing at a vehicle occupied by his ex-girlfriend, two friends and her 3-month-old child, a Bedford County Sheriff’s Office report said...

Shelbyville police say they’re investigating a report of an adult male contacting a teenage girl on Facebook and asking for sex. The girl’s mother told police she posed as her 13-year-old daughter and contacted the man, who allegedly claimed to be 17 and sent the girl a friend request, according to a report filed Monday,...

Officers looking for a suspect in another case discovered marijuana in an Olive Grove Street apartment Thursday, according to an investigative report, Scott Richard Heiser was charged with simple possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Approximately 8 grams of marijuana were allegedly found by Shelbyville police inside a small bag near a couch...

County Mayor Chad Graham, General Sessions Judge Charles Rich, Circuit Court Clerk Michelle Murray and Assistant District Attorney Richard Cawley signed a proclamation last week declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month in Bedford County...

John Thayer of Bell & Associates Construction told Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee Tuesday night that the new jail and justice center is on track for completion in September 2019. Thayer said a crew erecting pre-cast concrete walls has been working seven days a week for several weeks at the jail site on Harts Chapel Road...